Combination gun port and speaking aperture



May 30, 1933. H. w. TONEY COMBINATION GUN PORT AND SPEAKING APERTUkEFiled May 23, 1951 3 Sheets-Sheet l JEMQ/fi) M75726 May 30, 1933. H. w.TONEY COMBINATION GUN PORT ANUSPEAKING APERTURE Filed May 23, 1931 3Sheets-Sheet 2 May 30, 1933.. H. w. TONEY 1,911,408

COMBINATION GUN PORT AND SPEAKING APERTURE Filed May 23, 1931 5Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented May 30, 1933 HENRY W. TONEY, OF NILES, MICHIGAN,ASSIGNOR TO THE KAWNEER COMPANY, OF

NILES, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN COMBINATION GUN PORT ANDSPEAKING AIPER'I'URE Application filed May 23,

The present invention relates to novel improvements in a combination gunport and speaking aperture and more particularly to a protective deviceadapted to be mounted in 5 a bullet-proof partition or enclosure.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide an efficient protectivemeans for banking institutions or other places where money and/orvaluables arekept, but permitting a conversation to be carried on freelyby persons on opposite sides of the partition or enclosure. v

A further object is to provide a novel protective device located in abullet-proof partition whereby transactions may be readily carried onand conversation established, but preventing access to the person and/orvaluables on the opposite side of the partition. The inventioncomprehends the employment of a counter or partition attachment adaptedto be mounted in the partitions or cages provided for. tellers or 0th roflicers or employees, as in banks, accounting houses, or

similar places where valuables are retained and dealt with, or inarmored cars used for transporting valuables, which attachment permitscommunication between persons on opposite sides of the partition andalso permits passage of such valuables from one side of the partition tothe other in the normal course of business, but prevents a person orpersons on the exterior to have access to the interior thereof.

A still further object is to provide a protective device so constructedas to permit a person within the cage or other enclosure, or behind thepartition, to open fire .upon those in front of the enclosure orpartition, without danger to himself. This construcand prevents a gunfrom being placed theretion and arrangement is especially valuable 1931.Serial No. 539,547.

in from the outside,as well as prevents a bullet from being firedtherethrough.

Still another object is to provide a novel construction of speakingaperture which is mounted in the enclosure or partition at approximatelythe height of an average person so that conversation may be carried ontherethrough, but so constructed that the inside of the enclosure is notaccessible to a person on the other side, andbullets fired thereagainstcannot pass therethrough into the interior. This construction eliminatesthe ordinary wicket structure now so prevalent in banking or otherinstitutions where money or other valuables are kept or dealt with.

Another object is the provision of a novel combination'gun port andspeaking aperture adapted to be mounted within a bulletproof partitionor enclosure, so that transactions may be' carried on without danger tothe person or valuables within such enclosure.

Further objects are to provide a construction of maximum simplicity,efficiency, econ-v omy and ease of assembly and operation; and suchfurther objects, advantages, and capabilities as will later more fullyappear and are inherently possessed thereby.

The invention further resides in the combination, construction, andarrangements of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings','andwhile there is shown therein a preferred embodiment, it is to beunderstood that the sanic is susceptible of modification and change, andcomprehends other '85 features and constructions, without departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a fragmentary View in front elevation of a tellers cage orother enclosure provided with an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view in front elevation of the invention anddisclosing the means of mounting the same in a partition.

Fig. 3 is a view in vertical cross section taken in a plane representedby the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a view in vertical cross section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig.3.

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As more fully disclosed in Fig. 3' of the drawings, the combinationgunort and speaking aperture comprises annu ar members 6 and 7 eachprovided with an inteby to receive and maintain a spherical gun mount11, the surface of the same providing with the arcuate ortions 9' and10, a universal mounting w ereby the spherical memgun placed =therein;.=

opening: 14:: connieates with the opening I 12; Z 1 Fin this openin '14is mounted azelosure 15; which; is pivots. 16; a This: pivet 162 isadjacent we and; or 5 theelosuire l5 Eso that the weight of; the;eio's-i Y 5am :member is :anequen distributed, the :same being idisclosed? as: wedgeeshazped or substantially triangular in sha e: i

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and permits free rotation of the spherical member 11 in this mounting.

In order to permit communication between persons on opposite sides ofthe partition 2, the members or plates (Sand 7 are provided withopenings, the openings 19 in the outer member beingstaggered with relation to the opening 20 in the inner member so that no bullets may passtherethrough.

These openings 19 and 20 are annularly arranged and spaced apart adistance correspondingto the spacing of the members or plates 6 and 7 sothat there is but little impedance to the voice when passing themepartition, they cannot be tampered with from the outside therebyeliminating any danger of removal of the gun port and speaking aperturefrom the exterior.

With reference to the construction disclosed in Figs. 6 to 9' inclusive,the construcprovided. These screws pass through 120 barrel 28 of whichseats within an opening 29 and is maintained therein by means of a setscrew 30 in a threaded opening 31 in the ball or sphere. The opening 29connects with a lon itudinally extendingopening 32 above the arrel ofthe gun so as to permit the sight 33 thereof to be visible over the top,ball or sphere therein of the gun. The inner circumference of theannular plates and members 24 or is such that they provide a socketforvthe ball or sphere 26 and permit free rotation of the so as toprovide a universal or ball and socket connection. Screw members 34connect the plates together and by reason of the screws being operablefrom only within the partition or enclosure, the same cannot be removedor tampered with from the exterior.

A guard 35 normally covers the end of the barrel of the gun from theview of the public, the weight of the gun being sufi'i- 1 cient to turnthe ball or sphere into theposition shown in Fig. 8 whenever the .gun isnot being used. if it is desired that the public not see the gun,-ametal guard or a cleth may be used to cover the same,or the portion ofthe transparent partition 2 adjacent the gun may be colored or paintedto I hide the gun from view of the public.

construction. regularly shaped cross bars 39 adapted to Although thisform of construction is not disclosed as provided with openings for thetransmittal of sound in order to permit efiicient communication betweenpersons on opposite sides of the partition; it is to be understood thatopenings similar to those provided in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, may beprovided herein. Furthermore, it is to be understood that the openingsforming the speaking aperture in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive may be omittedif so desired.

In Figs. 10 to 12 inclusive is disclosed a construction of speakingaperture 36 adapted to be mounted in a bullet-proof partition 2 and soconstructed as to prevent bullets from being fired therethrough, butpermitting communication between persons on opposite sides of thepartition. This speaking aperture comprises plates or members 37 and 38positioned on opposite sides of the partition, these plates being ofsimilar Each is provided with irprovide a tortuous passage 40 from oneto the other side of the partition whereby sound may be transmitted andcommunication carried on, but the structure preventing the firing of abullet therethrou'gh, or

the passa e of a gun or other instrument between t e bars 39. Screws i1connect the lates 37 and 38, these screws, as in the previousconstructions, being inserted from the -interior of thecage or enclosureto prevent the same from being removed by one on the opposite or outsideof the partitlon. By reason of the flared side or annular flanges 42 ofthese plates, they provide an eflicient amplifying means.

From'the above description andthe disclosure in the drawings, it will bereadily seen that I have provided a novel construction of gun port andspeaking aperture which can be readily and efficiently mounted inthe-partitions now being employed in the cages or enclosures used inbanks, or other institutions where monies, securities, and valuables areke t. This construction like wise is adapted or use in cages or-lookouts in which guards are maintained to keep watch to prevent attackby robbers, or it may be employed in armored cars where the bullet proofglass or transparent partition may be supplanted by metal plates. Themetal fittings and mountings of the gun port and speaking aperture maybe of any suitable material adapted for such use.

Having thus disclosed the invention,

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l. A protective device adapted to be mounted in a partition, comprisinga spherical member provided with a gun port therethrough, a mounting forsaid member permitting universal movement thereof, and a closure withinsaid member for said gun P 2. A protective device adapted to be mountedin a partition, comprising a spherical member provided with a gun porttherethrough, a mounting for said member permitting universal movementthereof, and a pivoted closure within said member for closing said gunport to the exterior.

'3. A protective device adapted to be mounted in a partition, comprisinga spherical member provided with a port therethrough, a mounting forsaid member permitting universal movement thereof, and a pivoted closurewithin said member for automatically closing said port to the exteriorand maintaining said port closed except when a gun or other member isinserted into said port from the interior of the partition.

4. A protective device adapted to be mounted in a partition, comprisinga member provided with a port therethrough, a mounting for said memberpermittinguniversal movement thereof, a closure for said port, and meansoperated by said closure for locking said member in a predeterminedposition.

5. A protective device adapted to be mounted in a partition, comprisinga memsaid closure for lockingsaid member in a predetermined osition whenthe closure is I in its closed re ation.

6. A protective device adapted to be a 5 mounted in a partition,comprismg a s herical member provided with a port t erethrough, amounting for said member permitting universal movement thereof, apivoted closure for said port, and means op- 1 erated by said closurefor locking the member a ainst rotation.

7. protective device adapted to be mounted in a partition, comprising a,pair of spaced plate members, a spherical memher provided with a portand mounted in an opening in said plate members whereby said spherlcalmember has universal movement, said plate members being provided withopenings permitting conversation to V be carried on between persons onopposite sides of said partition.

8. A protective device adapted to be mounted in a partition, comprisinga pair of spaced plate members, a spherical memher provided with a portand mounted in an opening in said plate members whereby said sphericalmember has universal movement, said plate members being provided (withstaggered openings permitting conversation.

to be carried on between persons on opposite sides of said partition,but preventing the passage of a bullet therethrough.

9. A. protective device adapted to be mounted in a partition, comprisinga pair of spaced plate members, a spherical member provided with a portand mounted in an. opening in said plate members whereby said sphericalmember has universal movement, said plate members being provided with 40openings spaced around the spherical memberbut the openings in one platebeing in staggered relation with the openings in the other plate wherebyto prevent the passage I of bullets through said plate members butpermitting conversation to be carried on by persons on opposite sides ofthe partition."

In witness whereof I- hereunto subscribe my name to this specification.

HENRY w. TONEY.

